Improvement in hitching devices for straps



C. H. BAUSH.

Hitching Device for Strap.

" No. 162,518, PatentedAprH27,1875.

ATTORNEYS;

THE GRAPHIC COVPMOTO -LITH.39 &-41 PARK PLAGLNA.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN H. BAUSH, OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENTIN HITCHING DEVICES FOR STRAPS.

Spec'fication forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,518, dated April27, 1875; application filed March 13, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN H. BAUSH, of Holyoke, Hampden county,Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement inHitching-Straps, of which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to straps for hitching horses; and consists in ametallic slide or look, through which the strap passes, and in which itis confined, the lock being adjusted to any desired position on thestrap.

Figure 1 is a view of the lock applied to a strap according to myinvention; and Fig. 2 is a section of Fig. 1, taken on the line a: ac.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the hitching-strap. B is a snap-fastening, attached to thestrap and the lock. 0 is the lock or adjustable slide on thehitching-strap. This slide is made with a hub, D, and a fastening-screw,E, which works through the hub D; also, a mortise, F, through which thestrap passes. G is a plate in the mortise, which receives the end of aset-screw, E, to prevent injury to the strap. The lock or slide 0 isalso made with a plate, H, in which is an orifice, I, for receiving thesnap-fastening B. The fastening-strap is preferably made in a singlepiece, and the end J may be passed around the horses neck, and hitchedto the lock, as seen in the drawing; or it may be attached to ahitching-post, when it is reversed, the slide or look being slipped andfastened as may be required. The other end of the strap may have asnap-hook to attach to a ring on the bridle, or to a hitching-post, asmay be desired.

It will be seen that the lock maybe slipped onto the strap to anydesired position to suit either the horses neck or a hitching-post, asmay be desired.

The adjustable slide or look is a very great convenience to those whoare driving and handling horses.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The sliding lock 0, consisting of hub D,

screw E, mortise F, plate G, and perforated extension H, the whole beingadapted to be used with strap A and snap B, in the manner

